If you live in Spring Valley, you know how severe hail can be and how much it can hurt your car. Different types of hail do different things to your vehicle—from simply knocking off door handles to crushing sheet metal and shattering glass. There's no way to know what type your vehicle might be hit with unless you're right in the thick of the storm. It's also tough to see hail damage because the top coat of your paint (if you don't have a clear bra) has probably dimpled. So, hail does various amounts of damage depending on its size, as well as how fast and how long it comes down. To really appreciate what hail can do, you should consider what a car might look like if it was just hosed down with a bunch of water. When it stops and the water runs off, what's underneath is really wet.
Hail damage can be repaired without harming a vehicle's original paint, and Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) is the way to do that, according to the experts at Signature Collision Centers. PDR is a cost-effective way to repair a vehicle after minor hail damage has occurred, and it's efficient, too. PDR specialists manipulate the metal in a "damage-controlled" area to return it to its pre-ding condition; they do this using specialized tools and techniques. The specialists at Signature Collision Centers do hail damage repair as well as auto body repair in the San Diego area; we serve Spring Valley and the east county of San Diego, too. And the good news is that if PDR can be done on a vehicle, it saves time and preserves its finish, which is a nice tidy bonus after any storm.
When hail damage is severe, regular auto body repair is necessary. This means more involved steps like sanding, filling, and repainting. These methods are slower than what you might get with a hail repair specialist, but they're essential for making sure the car is truly restored and isn't going to suffer from any easy-to-ignore problems on the way to hail-damaged panels that "look" okay but don't have a paint job that will last. A crucial part of this is ensuring you pick a reputable shop that's got experienced technicians. It's not such a big deal to send your car to a shop that doesn't do high-quality work if all that's at stake is the paint finish. But if the shop messes up, you're really in trouble because structural integrity is crucial when it comes to dent-resistant vehicles.
